The semantics of Biblical language /

Barr, James.

The semantics of Biblical language / James Barr - London, UK : Oxford University Press, 1961. - 313 p. ; hbk ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliography.

Importance of the problem --
Current contrast of Greek and Hebrew thought --
Problems of method --
Verbs, action and time --
Other arguments from morphological and syntactic phenomena --
Etymologies and related arguments --
'Faith' and 'Truth'--
an examination of some linguistic arguments --
Some principles of Kittel's Theological Dictionary --
Language and the idea of 'Biblical Theology' --
Detached note on the non-use of certain words in the Greek Bible --
Languages and the Study of Theology --
Abbreviations --
Bibliography --
Index of Hebrew words --
Index of Greek words --
Index of persons and subjects.

61004094

GB61-9223


Bible--Language, style.

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